Wow!

[handful_ofdust]

"Spectral Evidence" just won the ChiZine Short Story Contest. Since I didn't even vaguely think I was going to place, this counts as a pretty (damn) good way to start the day...not least because judge Neil Gaiman had the deciding vote in a two-way tie.;)

cristalia: Congratulations. I seriously thought it would be you, and I really want to read "Deer's Heart" now. I apologize, but how amazing is it for both of us to finish that high out of 307 entries? Toronto rocks!

And now, I gotta go to work.

Comments

[lonesome-crow.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! Big dancing Conga-Rats to you and Leah.

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Hell yeah! And thanks.;))

[agincourtgirl.livejournal.com]

WHOOOO! Screw anyone who's been down on your writing! YEAH! ;-)

I hope Cal is well. Tell him I miss him, though I am sure he won't care...

Re: Cal

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I know he does.;) He'd even say so, if he was saying more than: "Go!"

[likethesun2.livejournal.com]

Wow! Congratulations!

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Thanks a bunch! I'm still just...stunned. Really does show it pays to write to deadlines/guidelines sometimes, I guess.

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Hee. I sorta did the happy high-five dance around the apartment at 2am when I got the e-mail, going: "Good Guys win!". I'm sooooooo glad. :D

I'll toss you "Deer's Heart" in .rtf if I can have "Spectral Evidence"... :)

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

You're on! (Though I think this is possibly the first time I've been referred to as one of the "good guys".);)

[marinwood.livejournal.com]

Congratulations - I can't wait to read it!

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It'll be e-published in the October issue of The Chiaroscuro. Naturally, I'll post the link when that happens.

[destina.livejournal.com]

Awesome, Gemma!! :D Congrats.

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Considering I almost didn't submit at all, due to personal issues of idiocy, it's a pretty welcome wake-up call.

[ozsaur.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!!!

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chaplinlover.livejournal.com]

Gemma you deserve this award!!!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Do I?...Yeah, okay, I do. Thanks a lot.;)

[marythefan.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's fabulous! Add more to the pile of congratulations!

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

I've been trying to get into ChiZine for a while, and this is the single best way I could have ever though of doing so. Thanks so much for the well-wishes.

[theengineer.livejournal.com]

External Validation!! Congrats.

Late to the party

[seward.livejournal.com]

Hey, congratulations. :) I'm looking forward to reading the story! (And, yes, you beat out mine. I knew it wasn't going to win, though. *grin*) I know what you mean about not expecting the story to place. When I got my email last year, I screamed so loudly my husband thought the cat had climbed me again.

*hands over the torch* Good for roasting marshmallows. *nods*

Susan, wot won in 2005

Re: Late to the party

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! BTW, I loved "Demons of the Desert"...subtle, compact, really effortless(-seeming). Everything I'm not.;) You rock, lady.

Re: Late to the party

[seward.livejournal.com]

Thank you! =) Man, you have no idea how many times that story got rejected and rewritten. The best feedback I got during that period was, "This is great. Is it fantasy or horror?" *thumps head on desk* (I'd intended it as SF.)

Hey, don't knock yourself. You beat out over 300 other people. :) Do you have anything else published anywhere?

Re: Late to the party

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Two books of short stories, both available on Amazon.com. I've also sold or placed seven things so far this year.

Re: Late to the party

[seward.livejournal.com]

Holy.... I'm not sure I've even got that many shorts finished. Wow. Am very impressed! What are the titles?

Re: Late to the party

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Kissing Carrion and The Worm in Every Heart.

Re: Late to the party

[seward.livejournal.com]

Cool, thanks. :) I'll have to check them out.